Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Laptop setup Time
LAPTOP SET UP TIME
When I reached the event I had problems with both the computer and backup.
My Apple laptop did not connect to the projector. I had discovered this about a year ago and somewhere in my vast collection of lads and gadgets I had it. But I left this at home on the grounds that more clutter simply led to more confusion. Wrong. Have a spare bag of all the leads and connectors you don't think you need in case you do need one.
Our second backup was my mentor's laptop which was on Powerpoint. She had a duplicate of the slides.
Unfortunately when she switched on she could not find them. She lost two or three minutes. Finally she gave up and switched off. As she shut down the front window shut revealing the second window with the slides which had been concealed behind. problem solved. We'll know for next time. Moral. Close all other windows except the slides. Then nothing conceals them. You are ready. Have front slide up first.
When I reached the event I had problems with both the computer and backup.
My Apple laptop did not connect to the projector. I had discovered this about a year ago and somewhere in my vast collection of lads and gadgets I had it. But I left this at home on the grounds that more clutter simply led to more confusion. Wrong. Have a spare bag of all the leads and connectors you don't think you need in case you do need one.
Our second backup was my mentor's laptop which was on Powerpoint. She had a duplicate of the slides.
Unfortunately when she switched on she could not find them. She lost two or three minutes. Finally she gave up and switched off. As she shut down the front window shut revealing the second window with the slides which had been concealed behind. problem solved. We'll know for next time. Moral. Close all other windows except the slides. Then nothing conceals them. You are ready. Have front slide up first.
Labels: computer, laptop, Powerpoint
